Download / Install

These prepackaged releases include Goldie, SemiTwist D Tools and prebuilt
local Goldie documentation.
They're available with prebuilt binaries for
specific OSes. While prebuilt binaries are not currently available for
all OSes, compiling from source is easy, and
submissions
of prebuilt binaries are welcome.

Why 7z?

The prepackaged releases are in .7z format because it provides much
higher compression than .zip or .tar.bz2. For Goldie,
a .7z is less than half the size a .zip or .tar.bz2 would be.
Besides, these days, no programmer should be without a .7z tool.

If you're on Windows, you can use
7-Zip or WinRAR.
If you're on a Unix-like system, you can use P7ZIP.
On Debian or Ubuntu, you can install P7ZIP with the command:

>sudo apt-get install p7zip-full

When P7ZIP is installed, it may already be integrated with your file
manager's default compression tool.

Git

Goldie and SemiTwist D Tools can both be obtained via Git. Just clone
both repositories, and checkout the tags goldie-v0.9
and v0.9 for SemiTwistDTools and Goldie respectively.
To do that on the command line:

You'll need to build the binaries yourself (see below).
Prebuilt local Goldie documentation is not included either,
but you can easily build it (after you finish installing Goldie)
with the instructions on the GenDocs page.

Build SemiTwist D Tools.
[You can skip this step if you obtained a release with prebuilt binaries for your OS.]

See step #2 above for how to access the environment variables on WinXP.

Having these on your PATH shouldn't cause any name collisions because all
the executables for Goldie and SemiTwist D Tools are prefixed with
goldie- and semitwist- respectively.

On WinXP, environment variables can be accessed by: Right-Click on
"My Computer", "Properties", "Advanced" tab, "Environment Variables" button.
You'll need to start a new command prompt for it to take effect. You might
also need to log out and back in again.

If you're on a Posix OS, and don't want to modify PATH,
you can just symlink the executables to your preferred
bin directory. But make sure you symlink them,
don't just copy them.

Build Goldie's tools and sample apps.
[You can skip this step if you obtained a release with prebuilt binaries for your OS.]